A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters; in which is included a short biographical notice of the artists, with a copious description of their principal pictures; a statement of the prices at which such pictures have been sold at public sales on the continent and in England; a reference to the galleries and private collections, in which a large portion are at present; and the names of the artists by whom they have been engraved; to which is added, a brief notice of the scholars & imitators of the great masters of the above schools:
A nine-volume scholarly catalogue raisonné of Dutch, Flemish and French painters compiled by the London dealer John Smith and published by Smith and Son from 1829, listing pictures, prices, owners and engravers for collectors, dealers and connoisseurs. The plates are dark halftone reproductions of Old Master oil paintings—self-portraits in oval frames, ruffed burghers against black grounds, equestrian and full-length aristocratic portraits, and grouped family portraits with a small dog—useful for heavy chiaroscuro faces, costume detail and period portrait framing.
